What do people think about when they answer the brief illness perception questionnaire? A 'think-aloud' study

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-245

  Van Oort, L ^a,b   Schroder C ^c,d   French, D P ^e  

^a AVANS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b Primary Care Physiotherapy Practice Bloemsaat and Van Beek ^*  (Netherlands)

^c SOMT   (Netherlands)

^d Rehabilitation Centre De Hoogstraat   (Netherlands)

^e Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; THINKING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; THINKING;

EID: 79954620904     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: 20448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910710X500819     Document Type: Article

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